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Cripple Creek– Hammer-Ons

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Step 6 of 12 in Using Ornaments

2 earlier steps

  1. 3 Joy to the World- Basic
  2. 4 You Are My Sunshine– Slides
  3. 5 How to Play Banjo Hammer-Ons
  4. 6 Cripple Creek– Hammer-Ons — you are here
  5. 7 Worried Man Blues– Hammer-Ons Up next
  6. 8 Minor Mingle
  7. 9 How to Play Pull-Offs

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Same ol' tune, different techniques...we're gonna make sure we're not up Cripple Creek without a hammer.

Key of G technique

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  1. Nate Overby ·

    Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.

  2. Marcy Kern ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

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